Project AURIONAI Use-Cases Research & Innovation
Retail and Logistics

AI Hosts and Virtual Influencers for Live Commerce

Generated or avatar hosts that run livestream selling sessions or promote products.

avatarspeech synthesisunverified
0named models
114candidates
1deployments
1in Indonesia

Named Models

The research names no model for this use case.

Where this comes from
Models the research names for this use case. Research, with sources on each model record.

Who Runs It

pilot, 1
Social Bread; Imagine8 StudioCountry: IndonesiaAI livestream host trialled by Social Bread; Lentari Pagi virtual influencer by Imagine8 StudioVendor: not statedpilotDate2 Oct 2025Trial and experimental use; no resultsEvidence: independent reportConfidence: highSource: restofworld.org
Where this comes from
Documented uses by named organisations. The evidence column says who made the claim.

Candidate Models

Artificial Analysis Text-to-Speech Arena: AA Text-to-Speech arena, 96 models

A general benchmark for this model class, not a test on this use case. Elo from blind preference votes on speech outputs; 96 models, 16 open weights. Higher is better. Elo has no zero, so the axis starts at 1,100. Showing 10 of 13.

ElevenLabsEleven v4 TurboElevenLabs independent1,327ElevenLabsEleven v4ElevenLabs independent1,323Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-PlusAlibaba (Qwen) independent1,298CartesiaSonic 3.6Cartesia independent1,284GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash TTSGoogle independent1,272Realtime TTS-2 independent1,257GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTSGoogle independent1,244Simba 3.2 independent1,243BreezeBlueBreeze TTS 2BreezeBlue independent1,222StepAudio 2.5 TTS independent1,209
1,1001,2501,400
AmpixasanoTTSAmpixa, speech synthesisReleasedJul 2026open weightsIndonesian statedruns on edgelast 18 monthsHiggs-Audio-v3-Studiodrbaph, speech synthesisReleasedJul 2026open weightsIndonesian statedruns on edgelast 18 monthsElevenLabsEleven v4ElevenLabs, speech synthesisReleasedSep 2026Indonesian statedhas scoreslast 18 monthsElevenLabsEleven v4 TurboElevenLabs, speech synthesisReleasedSep 2026Indonesian statedhas scoreslast 18 monthsGoogleGemini 3.8 Flash TTSGoogle, speech synthesisReleasedSep 2026Indonesian statedhas scoreslast 18 monthsGoogleGemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTSGoogle, speech synthesisReleasedSep 2026Indonesian statedhas scoreslast 18 monthsBreezeBlueBreeze TTS 2BreezeBlue, speech synthesisReleasedAug 2026open weightshas scoreslast 18 monthsCartesiaSonic 3.6Cartesia, speech synthesisReleasedAug 2026Indonesian statedhas scoreslast 18 monthsFish AudioFish Audio S2 ProFish Audio, speech synthesisReleasedMar 2026open weightsIndonesian statedlast 18 monthsMiniMaxSpeech 2.8 HDMiniMax, speech synthesisReleasedFeb 2026Indonesian statedhas scoreslast 18 months

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Where this comes from
Derived, not researched: models in the directory whose class matches a class this use case uses, excluding family records and models shut down or deprecated. Ranked by how many fit facts they meet, then by release date. Each fit fact is read from the model record.

Sources

  1. restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-tiktok-shop-livestream-sellers... https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-tiktok-shop-livestream-sellers-ai-rivals/

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "AI Hosts and Virtual Influencers for Live Commerce", https://aurion.semai.id/usecases/ret-ai-live-commerce-hosts/, records of October 2026.